HTTYD OC - Gareth the Dragon Trapper.
It’s about time I actually posted this guy. :] This is Gareth. My tall, relatively young, main antagonist that Dawn runs into in her story. Gareth the Ghastly? Gareth Gallowswill? Still workin on his full title, but he is a dragon trapper/handler.
Gareth is driven, skilled, and smart. As well as a bit arrogant and headstrong. He has his own way of dealing with dragons to sell to Drago and the whole dragon trade. He traps and breaks dragons, kinda like how one would break a wild stallion (minus the tenderness and patience), to make the testiest dragons manageable enough to trade. He is actually very well liked and praised by his home village. People find him charming (which he is), and he admires tales of the notorious Grimmel the Grizzly (he comes from the same area as Grimmel).
He’s seen the destruction of dragons which is why he believes a sustainable life alongside them is just preposterous. He wants to make a name for himself as a trapper beyond his village. When he’s finally put in charge of a small trappers fleet to do so, he soon discovers that a particular dragon rider is not going to make it very easy for him... but then again, he won’t make it all that easy for her now will he?